Route-based planning processGroup planning can be time based and route based. When a route is planned for group planning activities, LN calculates travel distances and travel times for the activities. The route execution sequence of the activities is based on the route. The route planning data is copied from group planning to the original service order activity, when the plan is released from group planning. Note Route planning is applicable only for service order activity. A route can be planned based on the set of orders assigned to the engineers of a group. Note When different characteristics must be planned in a route, the characteristics are merged into one activity set. The travel times based on distances can also be calculated using the activity set. The addresses contain GPS co-ordinates that are required to calculate distances and also to locate the current location of the service engineer. The travel time is combined with the duration of the various activities that must be executed on location, that results in the new planned start and planned finish times. The new planned start and planned finish times data is transferred to the standard service orders. A route can be planned for every activity set of a group, that may or may not be assigned to an engineer. When various activity sets must be planned for a route, the activity sets must be merged before a multi-characteristic route is planned. With the activity set, the travel times based on distances can also be calculated for every location in the activity set. The addresses contain GPS co-ordinates that are required to calculate distances. You can also plan the home address of an engineer as a part of the route. These distances can be calculated based on various methods such as a crow flies or web service based. The travel time is combined with the duration of the various activities that must be executed on location that results in the updated planned start and planned finish times. The new data are transferred to the standard service orders. The methods to calculate the route:
time(distance) = distance(km) * speed (km/hr) + initial time (hr)
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